Review: Fixing Delilah

Delilah Hannaford goes to a lovely little Vermont cottage where some memories of what was seem to come back, after the sudden death of her grandmother. She finds herself there all summer, as her mother and aunt fix up the house to be sold. Delilah runs into some childhood memories and gets stuck in the past. Her family is torn apart and she finds herself coming to pieces. She must put herself back together, as her family learns to be stronger and her old friendships seem to re-blossom.

After reading "Twenty Boy Summer", I was expecting another "couldn't put it down" kind of book. I was sad to not experience that with this one. Granted I read it in less than 24 hours, BUT this book simply didn't have me doing that as much.

However, I loved a few things about the novel. The first being that it was set in the summer. I love how Sarah Ockler has set her two books in the summer. It just makes it easier for me to enjoy because I'm not all that into books with school settings when it's summer. I also enjoyed that Sarah added another romance. Although, the boys almost seem too good to be true in both novels I've read by Sarah. But one can always be hopeful for a boy like that :)

I didn't like that the ending seemed waaay too perfect and good to be true. I found that it just made me think it was some kind of a fairytale. Other than that, though, I gave the book a 4 out of 5 stars because I simply loved Delilah's love interest, Patrick. If you're looking for a great summer getaway book, this is one of them!